RAJAGOPALAN v. NOTEWORLD, LLC

No. 12-35205.

718 F.3d 844 (2013)

Amrish RAJAGOPALAN, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NOTEWORLD, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Allen Garrett Jr. (argued) and Aaron J. Ross , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA; Pamela M. Andrews and Jennifer Lauren , Andrews Skinner , P.S., Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Thomas E. Loeser (argued) and Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA; Stuart M. Paynter , Jennifer L. Murray , and Celeste H.G. Boyd , The Paynter Law Firm PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This appeal presents the question, inter alia, of whether an entity may compel arbitration on the basis of an arbitration clause in a contract to which it was not a party. Under the circumstances presented by this case, we conclude it may not, and we affirm the order of the district court denying the motion to compel arbitration.

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Amrish Rajagopalan accumulated approximately $15,000 in debt while in school to...

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